Microsoft Teams is planning to introduce a feature that will notify managers when employees are not in the office, raising concerns about workplace privacy and monitoring in remote work environments.
Companies are using ChatGPT to analyze employee meeting transcripts and detect signs of disengagement or potential resignation up to 18 months in advance, creating retention risk matrices to proactively address employee turnover, raising both innovative opportunities and privacy concerns.
According to a new book titled "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend," some employees at investment-management firm Bridgewater Associates resorted to taking personal calls in the woods to avoid potential surveillance by the company. The book alleges that Bridgewater had extensive surveillance measures in place, including cameras, keystroke tracking, and hidden recording devices. The rumor that the company was considering installing listening devices in the trees put an end to this practice. Bridgewater has denied the claims made in the book, calling them false and stating that the book presents a slanted and inaccurate picture of the company.